Documentation tool

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Documentation tool

David.Poole

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December 1, 2004 at 5:03 am

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I am looking for a documentation tool that works well with SQL and if possible other databases.
We do a lot of Visual Studio and Visual Studio.net development so if there is anything out there that can cope with these as well I would love to hear about it.
So far I came across DocumentX http://www.innovasys.com/products/documentx.asp
The trial version was impressive but it misread a numeric field as a BigInt.
Does anyone have any recommendations?

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frank singleton-130084 SSC Enthusiast Points: 183 More actions · Answer 1

Try ApexSQL Doc. It works well and has an interface that will walk you through your documentation steps so you can customize your help how you want it. You can even do multiple databases in one .chm. Worth checking out, http://www.apexsql.com

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Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 2

Somehow I just came across this one:

http://www.ag-software.com/sqlscribe/

FWIW

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Tall Paul Say Hey Kid Points: 661 More actions · Answer 3

Yeah, what he said. I LOVE the APEXSQL tools...there are quite a few more there than the documentation one, but I really enjoy the leverage gained by the SQLDiff and SQLDoc tools, also hope to use the SQLClean soon...

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Robert Bedick Old Hand Points: 310 More actions · Answer 4

>I am looking for a documentation tool that works well with >SQL and if possible other databases.

>We do a lot of Visual Studio and Visual Studio.net >development so if there is anything out there that can cope >with these as well I would love to hear about it.

>So far I came across DocumentX >http://www.innovasys.com/products/documentx.asp

>The trial version was impressive but it misread a numeric field >as a BigInt.

>Does anyone have any recommendations?

SchemaToDoc at http://www.schematodoc.com documents MS-SQL and Oracle databases. The final product is an easy-to-read Word document that can include: Primary Keys, Field Information (type, size, defaults, nullable), Indexes, Check Constraints, Descriptions, Foreign Key Constraints, and Triggers. It also has an annotation feature that lets you enter a description for each table and field in your database - these descriptions can then become part of your document.

A Bloke SSC Enthusiast Points: 127 More actions · Answer 5

BI Documenter might be what you are looking for. It does SQL Server and Analysis Services databases and supports SQL Server 2000 and 2005. Has a command line version which also comes in handy.

http://www.bidocumenter.com